
The Petersburg "Yabloko" announced the intention to hold a rally of the memory of Boris Nemtsov. The party also applied for an anti -war rally.
The Federal Yabloko on Twitter stated that the anti-war action in St. Petersburg was agreed on March 2, but the press service of the Petersburg branch of the Paper Party reported that they were still waiting for approval. On February 24, Boris Vishnevsky and Alexander Shishlov, as well as a member of the party bureau Anatoly Golov, submitted the application on February 24. A notification of intention was submitted to the administration of the Kalininsky district. The rally intends to hold in a guide park on Lenin Square on March 2 from 18 to 20 hours. March 2 is the earliest date to which the rally could be set in accordance with the law.
The memory of the policy of Boris Nemtsov, who was killed on February 27, 2015, is held annually. This time, the St. Petersburg “Yabloko” will lay the color to the Solovetsky stone, the party’s department in its telegram channel reports . The mourning action will last from 13 to 15 hours.
Boris Vishnevsky deputy chairman Boris Vishnevsky, acting as a co-organizer of the action, indicates the explanations of the Committee on Law on Restrictions on Coronavirus, according to which a mourning event is possible if no more than 20 people participate in it. In Yabloko they asked the participants to observe the priority, the declared format of the action and the restrictions acting due to coronavirus.
Update on February 28, 17:15. Yabloko was refused an anti-war rally in St. Petersburg, the party’s press service reports . Deputies plan to discuss the refusal today and later report further actions.
In addition, deputies of the regional branches in St. Petersburg, Karelia, the Pskov region and Moscow initiated the appeals of their legislative assemblies to Putin calling for military operations in Ukraine, begin peace negotiations, withdraw military units to the places of constant deployment, as well as to exchange prisoners on the principle of “all for all”.
Photo on the cover: Petersburg "Yabloko"
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